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Bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
What is IMPORT,
Send (goods or services) to another country for sale.
What is EXPORT.
Related to farming.
What is AGRICULTURE.
Relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.
What is URBAN.
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit.
What is COLONIZATION.
A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What are CASH CROPS.
A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
Who is an ENSLAVED PERSON.
People who settle in colonies.
Who are COLONISTS.
Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor.
Who are INDENTURED SERVANTS.
Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.
What is MANUFACTURING.
The branch of government that makes the laws (Congress).
What is the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
A System in which the citizens of a country rule themselves and control their own affairs.
What is SELF-GOVERNANCE
The branch of government that carries out laws (The President and his Cabinet).
What is the EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
The branch of government that interprets laws (Supreme Court).
What is the JUDICIAL BRANCH>
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
What is CHECKS AND BALANCES.
Passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty (tax) in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents,
What is the STAMP ACT.
Law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies.
What is the SUGAR ACT.
Law passed by Parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies--led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the TEA ACT.
The lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population (435 members).
What is the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Upper house of the U.S. Congress. Each state has 2 members.
What is the SENATE.
A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
What is a REVOLUTION.
The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
What is SEPARATION OF POWER.
The power of the courts to declare laws uncontitutional.
What is JUDICIAL REVIEW.
The lawmaking body of the British government.
What is the PARLIAMENT.
Incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE.